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Violin technique workshops in Tübingen

When? From February 28 to March 4, 2019

Where? Werkstadthaus, Aixerstrasse 72, Tübingen (Germany)

What? Violin technique workshops

At the invitation of Kathryn Doehner (German violinist, founder of the folk camp “Ethno Germany” and the folk project “Folklang”), we conducted five day workshops of violin technique for local violinists at the end of February. The emphasis this time was on the production of a beautiful tone (contact points, bow posture), changing strings, motoric functions of the fingers of the left hand (independent horizontal, ventricular and lateral movement of the finger), natural posture and independence of the body pulse from performance movements.

More information here.  

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Godalkanje weekend group workshop at the Ljutomer music school

When? 12th and 13th of April 2019

You can read more about the programme of visiting weekend workshops here:

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Wouter Vandenabeele – Dance tunes from Central and Western Europe

When? December 12, 2018 from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m.
Sign up until December 25, 2018

Where? The location of the workshops will be known after registration.
Price: 20 €
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This time, the mentor at the short ‘last minute’ workshop will be Wouter Vandenabeele, a Belgian multi-genre violinist, composer and teacher. He is the co-founder of the ‘Fiddlers on the move’ festival in Ghent. Quite some members of Godalkanje are going to the coming festival to participate on workshops with mentors from various countries. Wouter is the founder of the Ola Vogal World Music Orchestra and many other projects that bring together music from different nations and continents. Lately he has also been performing a lot with the African band Tamala. Wouter leads music workshops in various countries. This time, he will present dance tunes from Central and Western Europe. He will also show the connections between traditional dances and musical forms which were primarily intended for dancing.

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Godalkanje weekend workshop at the Kamnik music school

When? 23rd and 24th of November 2018

 

You can read more about the programme of visiting weekend workshops here:

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Mini Godalkanje 2018/19

When?
Wednesday at 17.45

Where?
Family Center Mala ulica, Prečna ulica 7, Ljubljana

The musical experience is the most we can do for the musical education of our toddlers. Leader of music activities Bojan Cvetrežnik conducts workshops with exceptional patience and humor, mostly with string instruments. Occasionally visiting mentors will invite children into the world of music with natural approaches that especially attract them. We will sing Slovenian folk and children’s songs and perform the rhythm. Whatever lies around us can be used as a musical instrument – and we are not even afraid of “smart” instruments.

https://www.malaulica.si/sl/aktivnosti/godalkanje/

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Godalkanje weekend group workshop at the Radovljica music school

When? 12th and 13th of October 2018

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Tunes with Improvisation

When?

22. – 23. december (fri. 18.00 – 21.00, sat 10.00 – 13.00 & 16.00 – 18.00)
3. – 4. march (sat 10.00 – 13.00 & 16.00 – 18.00, sun. 10.00 – 13.00)
17. – 18. march (sat 10.00 – 13.00 & 16.00 – 18.00, sun. 10.00 – 13.00)
13. – 15. april (fri 18.00 – 21.00, sat 10.00 – 13.00 & 16.00 – 19.00, sun 10.00 – 13.00 & 16.00 – 19.00)

Where? Rimska 2b, Ljubljana.
Who can attend? Players of all ages, in particular students attending secondary music school or the academy, teachers of string instruments and those who finished primary music school. Minimal requirements: thorough understanding of the program for the 6th grade of primary music school.

Mentors: Bojan Cvetrežnik and Barja Drnovšek.

Tunes with Improvisation group workshop will build upon the repertoire of attractive melodies from various treasure troves of music for string instruments. We will adhere to the “from practice to theory” principle and take some time every second workshop to theoretically break down the tunes and provide exercises for structured improvisation on their individual parts or for using shapes from these tunes in improvisation on a different repertoire.

The workshop can also be attended via Skype.

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SPECIAL COURSES 2017 / 18

There will be two major sets of special Godalkanje workshops in the 2017/18 season:

  1. Autumn Godalkanje
  2. Tunes with Improvisation

Please send all applications to: mail.specialcourses@gmail.com

The deadline for registration for the year-long course is October 15th 2017 or until all vacancies are filled.
The deadline for individual workshops is 14 days before the workshop or until all vacancies are filled.

Price:

All students enrolled in Hobi Godalkanje 2017/18 can attend Autumn Godalkanje FREE OF CHARGE.

Make sure to send your request for the LIMITED NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS awarded by the Williamson Foundation for the year-long course that includes both sets of workshops!

Individual registration: 290 € per set

Early registration until September 15th: 240 € per set

Registration for the year-long course: 390 € for 2 sets

Early registration until September 15th: 340 € for 2 sets

Registration for the year-long course with a scholarship: 240 € for 2 sets (applications are open until September 15th)

Expenses for accommodation in Nova Gorica amount to 150 € (full-board from Sunday until Saturday). You can also choose to find accommodation by yourself.

Scholarships and discounts:

We offer a limited number of scholarships awarded by the Williamson Foundation for the year-long course. Applications are open until September 15th.

For 2 or more members of the same family we offer a 25% discount on the total amount (does not apply to accommodation expenses).

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Autumn Godalkanje

When? October 10th – November 11th 2017
Where? Nova Gorica Music School
Who can attend? Attendees will join one of the two groups. First Group – Hobby level: thorough understanding of the program for 3rd grade of music school. Second Group – Special level: thorough understanding of the program for 6th grade of music school.
Final concert: November 5th 2017, Festival Hall, Ljubljana

Mentors:

Kate Young (Scotland): Celtic music, various special “chops” techniques, how to accompany vocals on the violin and everything else that Kate has up her sleeve.

Claudia Schwab (Austria): a broad spectre ranging from Austro-Celtic music to far-away India, spiced-up with Claudia’s unmatched approach.

Bojan Cvetrežnik (Slovenia): group workshops for children. Playing by ear, improvisation, how to do away with nervousness, how to accompany melodies on string instruments, pulse of the group etc.

Group workshops are open to all players of string instruments, whether they be students attending primary/secondary music school or the academy, teachers of string instruments themselves or musicians with a degree. Workshops will be organized on two levels and all three mentors will give lessons on both of them.

A more detailed PRICE LIST can be found here.

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Godalkanje Special Courses 2016/17

GODALKANJE SPECIAL COURSES 2016/17

when?
school year 2016/17 (see individual workshop )

where?
Rimska 2b , Ljubljana

for whom?
For all the strings players , especially for students , teachers and those who have finished music school.
The required level of prior knowledge: technical level implementation of 6th grade primary music school.

1. Workshop “SERBIAN MUSIC”, mentor Emilio Castiello (France)
Intensive weekend from 25th to 27th of November (Friday 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at 7 p.m. the final concert)

2. Workshop “BULGARIAN MUSIC”, mentor: Sofia Högstadius (Sweden)
Intensive weekend from 3rd to 5th of February (Friday 6 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at 7 p.m. the final concert)

3. Workshop “APPROACH 2CELLOS“, mentor: Luka Šulić
Intensive weekend from 5th to 7th of May (Friday 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m  to 7 p.m., at 7 p.m. the final concert).

4. Workshop “TUNES / VIŽE” (dances of the world and other tunes), mentor: Barja Drnovšek
Every second Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. from September to June, 90 min / 2 weeks

5. Workshop “TANDEM JAZZ IMPROVISATION”, mentor: Bojan Cvetrežnik
2 months 60 min / week, dates by arrangement (jazz improvisation in tandem can be selected for more than a two months period, a maximum of 5). Implementation of this workshop is also possible via Skype.

 

PRICES:

ENTRY FOR THE WHOLE SEASON: € 450 ( includes 4 or 5 workshops )

INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS:

Workshop TUNES / VIŽE : € 250 ( € 25 / month )

Workshop APPROACH 2CELLOS : € 200 ( early entry fee until 09/21/2016 – € 150 )

SERBIAN MUSIC workshop : € 150

BULGARIAN MUSIC workshop : € 150

JAZZ IMPROVISATION IN TANDEM: € 150 ( € 75 / month )

Registration:

by e-mail at: mail.specialcourses@gmail.com

Deadline for full-year enrolment: September 14, 2016
Deadline per workshop: at least 8 days prior to the workshop

Workshops will be implemented only if there is a sufficient number of participants.

The Special Courses are the initiative of Godalkanje.org open source music education in Slovenia. It is a part of the One Music Society activities that are orientated towards sound ecology, equal rights for different music styles and run new economy experiments with music production. Godalkanje courses take place since 2010 with the intention to present as much diversity as possible in order to give string players a lot of opportunities for further investigation.
Each major violin folk movement (Celtic, Scandinavian, Balkan, Slavic, Romanian, Latin, Alp region…) has hundreds of different violin styles inside, even on very small territories. If we add this to hundreds of years of written music in classical music, traditional and contemporary jazz violin, rock and electronic music, it would be extremely difficult to find a better symbol for the European musical diversity than the violin is.
The courses are mostly run by playing ‘all together’ and with a strong intention to perform publicly as soon as possible. This year, two of the five workshops will be held regularly once every two weeks. At each session, a new tune (viža) will be on the agenda. Intermediate workshops will serve as a learning opportunity for improvising on the given tune. A smaller group of participants uses the repertoire of the courses for group playing or performing with their groups outside Special Courses. All fears about how the integration with the new worlds will turn out must immediately be eliminated.

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